Welcome to AkaTako - your USA based source for underground and hard to find Japanese art: signed art books, limited edition prints and posters, licensed enamel pins and t-shirts, artist produced postcards and mini books, original drawings and paintings, and lots more. We ship worldwide!
Not sure where to start? Check out the more popular artists and items just below. A bit further down the page is a news feed of everything going on with AkaTako.

THE LATEST NEWS

July 2016 Burst Sale
Jul 1, 2016

Starting July 2 and ending July 4, there will be three big bursts of sale/discounted items on AkaTako!

Each day at midnight, 50+ items will be added to the SALE section. The following day at midnight, the previous day sale items are removed and 50+ new items will be added. You must be LOGGED IN to AkaTako to see sale items! Please email if you have any issues or need any help.

Three days, 50+ different items each day! So if you see an item that is on sale one day, you must buy it that day - it will not be on sale tomorrow!

AkaTako 2016 Burst Sale Calendar

All times listed are NYC time (GMT-4). Sale prices are not valid on previously purchased items. Sale prices are only valid for the time they are in the sale section. Please email if you have any issues or need any help.

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Suehiro Maruo Midori Figure and Boxed Leopard Man
Jun 21, 2016

Just arrived, Suehiro Maruo's "true color" Midori and Mr. Arashi figure - with or without original packaging - and a Leopard Man and Young Detectives figure with the original packaging!

Suehiro Maruo Shoujo Tsubaki figure Suehiro Maruo Leopard Man and Young Detectives figure boxed
Midori and Mr. Arashi figure Leopard Man and Young Detectives figure

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New Midori Items - Bags, Bandanas, and Clear File
Jun 12, 2016

Five more new Midori items by Suehiro Maruo have just been added. There's two styles of tote bags, two colors of bandanas, and one mini clear file all featuring the protagonist of Shoujo Tsubaki.

Suehiro Maruo Midori Black Tote Bag Suehiro Maruo Midori Natural Tote Bag Suehiro Maruo Midori Blue Bandana Suehiro Maruo Midori Pink Bandana Suehiro Maruo Midori Clear File
Black Tote Bag Natural Tote Bag Blue Bandana Pink Bandana Clear File

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Second Volume of Tomino Jigoku
Jun 10, 2016

Signed copies of the second volume of Suehiro Maruo's "Tomino Jigoku" are now available! Now you can read on to see what adventures the unfortunate twins Tomino and Katan will find themselves in.

Suehiro Maruo Tomino Jigoku 1 SIGNED Suehiro Maruo Tomino Jigoku 2 SIGNED
Suehiro Maruo
Tomino Jigoku 1		 Suehiro Maruo
Tomino Jigoku 2

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Four Suehiro Maruo Midori Pins
Jun 10, 2016

Just arrived, four new Midori pins by Suehiro Maruo. Each pin features the sweet Shoujo Tsubaki holding her puppy in her arms and comes in various color combinations - two larger pins in either green or red, and two sets of four pins in different colors.

Suehiro Maruo Midori Pin Green Suehiro Maruo Midori Pin Red Suehiro Maruo Midori Pin Set 1 Suehiro Maruo Midori Pin Set 2

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Original Suehiro Maruo Painting
Jun 3, 2016

A Suehiro Maruo painting "Vampire II" from 2009 is now available!

Suehiro Maruo original painting Vampire II

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Four New Mari Shimizu Postcard Sets
May 29, 2016

Just arrived, four sets (of four postcards each) featuring the lovely dolls of Mari Shimizu! Featured dolls include her cut-away torso dolls with interior scenes, mysterious victorian vampires, Alice in Wonderland inspired creatures, and more.

Mari Shimizu Postcard Set 12
Mari Shimizu
Postcard Set #12		Mari Shimizu Postcard Set 13
Mari Shimizu
Postcard Set #13
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Mari Shimizu Postcard Set 14
Mari Shimizu
Postcard Set #14		Mari Shimizu Postcard Set 15
Mari Shimizu
Postcard Set #15

Several of the dolls/images were also printed in her new book "Wachtraum". Click the images or text above for more photos and information.

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Two Suehiro Maruo Figures
May 16, 2016

One extremely rare "Shoujo Tsubaki" figure of Midori and Mr. Arashi in the sepia tone and one difficult to find figure of "The Leopard Man and The Young Detectives" are now available! I was only able to find one of each for the time being.

Suehiro Maruo Shoujo Tsubaki sepia figure Suehiro Maruo Leopard Man and Young Detectives figure
Suehiro Maruo
Shoujo Tsubaki sepia figure		 Suehiro Maruo
Leopard Man and Young Detectives figure

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